It's hard to get more
special than this solid 2 Owner-Forty Nine Ford, so listen
up. Purchased brand new at Glasby Motor Company of Mountain
Home, Idaho by Elmo Kuykedall on 12-14-1948 for the tidy
sum of $1964.44 cash with select options (original docs
included). After 40+ years of proud family ownership, it
was sold to close family friends and current 25+ year
owner who recalls riding in the backseat as a kid, "I
always loved the body style and blue dot taillights"...
Remaining in dry Southern
Idaho all of these years has kept the body wonderfully
solid with absolutely no excuses. As the years passed on,
it was decided to have it restored, modernized and
customized in the very same town and just down the street
from where it was 1st sold. All tastefully performed by
Batch's Rod & Customs of Mountain Home, Idaho, simply kool...
Exterior body features
include 1954 Desoto Grill, decked/smoothed hood, frenched
headlights, shaved door handles w/remote access, factory
lower body-side trim, frenched taillights, smoothed
decklid, recessed rear license plate and a slick jet black
exterior finish...
Power-Train features include
GM ZZ-4 350 355HP crate engine, Edelbrock 625CFM
carburetor, Walker high capacity radiator w/electric
cooling fan, GM HEI ignition, K & N air filter, ram-horn
exhaust manifolds w/custom Magna-Flow rear exit exhaust,
Turbo 350 automatic transmission w/shift kit and Ford 8"
rear differential with highway friendly 3:00 to 1 ratio...
Chassis & ride quality
upgrades include Fat-Man front clip assembly, IFS Mustang
II front suspension, Heidt's fully adjustable Power
Rack-N-Pinion Steering, Power-Disc front brakes, Posie
parallel rear leaf springs, Painless wiring, Wheel
Vintique's custom steel wheels, 1948 hub caps/trim and
radial rubber...
Interior features include
custom stitched cloth 2 tone factory seating by Big-M
Upholstery of Meridian, Idaho, factory dash trim &
instruments, Vintage II air-conditioning/heat, Dakota
Digital power windows & locks, tilt steering w/column
shift, leather wrapped LeCarra steering wheel, billet
shift/dash knobs, center console w/cup holders, custom
trunk w/hidden storage compartments and AM/FM audio... |
